welcome back, everyone. the florida races for senate and governor are getting even tighter tonight. are both headed for a recount in states famous, you can say inpau must, that grueling, remember, 36 recount battle between george bush and al gore in 2000, that just kept us hostage forever. keith boykin is here as well as alice stewart. we don t want to relive those days. that was painful. good evening to both of you. keith, give me your reaction to what s going on in florida. it s very disturbing. you mentioned florida 2000. 537 votes decide that had election. today we re in a race where less than 0.5% of the vote between andrew gillum and ron desantis, we re less than a quarter percent of the vote, smaller percentage between rick scott and bill nelson. there is an automatic recount that is almost guaranteed to happen in both races. i think you need to count every vote. rick scott going on television today talking about how there is voter fraud with no evidence to
welcome back, everyone. the florida races for senate and governor getting even tighter tonight, are both headed for a recount in states famous, or you could say infamous for that grueling, remember, 36-day recount battle between george w. bush and al gore in 2000 that just kept us hostage forever. keith boykin is here as well as alice stewart. we don t want to relive those days. that was painful. good evening to both of you. keith, give me your reaction to what s happening in florida. it s very disturbing. you remember florida 2000. 537 votes decided that election in 2000. today we re in a race where we re at less than 0.5% of the vote between andrew gillum and rick desantis. a quarter of a percent between rick scott and bill nelson. there s a guaranteed recount in both races. and rick scott going on
we re expecting maricopa county around phoenix to report their vote totals later today. that should give as you senseus where this race is headed. until that we won t know exactly the status of this race. david chalian, thank you for going through all those races. let s me bring in a former prosecutor who specializes in election law. professor, welcome. thank you. i want to begin with georgia and team stacey abrams, they say not all those votes are counted, flagged these voter irregularities. how strong do you think their case is? i think, brooke, that the case in georgia is not as strong for the recount changing the outcome of the election as it would be in either of the two florida races that you just got done discussing because the
we just did a reporter hit in texas, not a state where democrats normally compete very well. the map is definitely tough for democrats this year. republicans say they might even pick up a seat or two. north dakota, for instance, or indiana. do you think it s possible democrats might take the house but lose a seat or two in the senate? i do believe the democrats are going to win a majority in the house, but again, everybody has got to get out and vote, as you know. a lot of the polls are all open on the east coast. we got a lot more hours to go out west. look, as i said, the senate is a much tougher road to any kind of majority, so i m not a going to make any predictions with respect to particular races. i will say that the president s really extreme rhetoric has turned off a lot of swing voters. the fact that republicans have spent the last two years trying to dismantle the affordable care act and take away protections
district. so barbara comstock, you know, kind of up against the ropes in this fight against jennifer wexton, and it could be historic. brian todd live in the commonwealth of virginia. thanks. let s go to pamela brown now at the white house. you re learning the white house is paying close attention to one specific race, kentucky s sixth district. polls there, as we mentioned, close in less than two hours. that s a district that the president won overwhelmingly, but that house race is very competitive. reporter: that s right, jake. sources familiar with the white house s thinking are pointing to kentucky s sixth congressional district as one of the most closely watched races by trump s team. and there are a couple of reasons. as you pointed out, it s one of the districts to have the polls close first at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. also, it s a district that trump won by 16 points during the last cycle. now the republican incumbent andy barr is locked in a virtual toss-up with the democra